There has been a significant rise in deaths linked to the commonly prescribed anxiety drug, pregabalin. While in 2018 there were 187 deaths linked to pregabalin in England and Wales, this number was ...

The widely prescribed pain drug pregabalin (brand name: Lyrica) may be no better than a placebo when it comes to treating the back and leg pain known as sciatica, a new clinical trial suggests. The ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Pfizer (PFE.N) suffered a major setback in Britain on Thursday when the High Court in London ruled that claims of patent protection for the use of its $5 billion-a-year drug Lyrica ...

A drug commonly used to treat pain, epilepsy, anxiety and other brain health disorders may be associated with an increased risk of major birth defects, according to a study published in the May 18, ...

Maree Smith currently holds competitive research grant funding from the Australian Research Council in collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, from the National Health and Medical Research ...

WEDNESDAY, May 18, 2016 -- The widely prescribed drug pregabalin (Lyrica) may slightly increase the risk for birth defects, a new study suggests. In a small study, researchers found that among women ...

Pfizer's attempts to prove Lyrica effective as an epilepsy treatment have delivered mixed results. Just three months ago, the controlled-release formula failed a ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first generic copies of a popular, pricey pill for nerve pain. The government agency said it approved nine generic versions of ...

For the first time in almost a decade, Pfizer can boast that it has launched a new blockbuster drug. Lyrica, a treatment for pain caused by nerve damage that was launched in the middle of 2005, looks ...

Extended-release version helped relieve pain Significant pain relief didn't last long Drug's side effects include dizziness, sleepiness TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. said Monday that a ...

A prescription drug linked to 33 deaths in 2017 in Northern Ireland will now be treated as a class C drug. Pregabalin - also known by the brand name Lyrica, or the street name bud - is an ...